Page 2 THE SIGNPOST JAc SiqnpDAi Editor Jacob Weese Associate Editors Stanley Johnson, Pauline Rogers Business Manager Orville Nielson Society Editor Norma Pantone Administration Morton Fuller Athletic Reporters Edith Berghout, Ted Collins, June Spong Features Harold Benson, Norma Barrows, Everal Harris, Mary Peterson, Wendell Forsha, Edgar Driver. Contributors Constance Ford, Beth Cardon, Melvin Manful, Jack Syphers, Robert Montgomery, Donna Jenkins, Josephine Kunz Circulation Chet Gilgen, Barbara Reeves Typists Verna Watts, Thekla Holmes Published every other week by the Associated Students of Web 2r College Intermountain Publishing Co. f$sK IN MEMORIAM AND PRAISE Weber College athletes are the pursued. Decade on decade Weber's athletes have pursued that flaming star called fame as it shoots across the horizon. Whether their hands were singed upon grasping it we do not know. But we do know that at times a great number of them have grasped it, and held it to their bosoms. , The acclaim has, in recent years, died down to mut-terings. Their deeds have become the accepted thing. The man who has been a philanthropist all his life isn't commended when an old man! He is derided and abused if he doesn't keep up his giving. Weber's athletes have annually exhibited more pyrotechnics than other junior colleges. It has become the accepted thing for them to win and keep on winning! They are like the members of a long honored and antiquated family each succeeding generation keeping up the standing and honor by perennial achievement. In the first sentence we spoke of the athletes as being pursued. Their pursuers are the Valkyres those Viking maidens who select and take all dead heroes to Valhalla. Surely Weber's athletes are being watched by them, and when dead, will be carried to that "Hall of Heroes," there to sing of past deeds and bask in eternal glory. Weber's basketball team, by the measuring of last Friday's preseason game, are also destined to add fuel to fame's fires. We cannot wish them any more success than have had previous basketball teams at Weber. IN MEMORIAM Our handbook has passed away. After a hardf ought, expensive, and prolonged illness, our substantial friend finally heaved his last sigh and flitted from this mortal earth. Let us not criticize those who tried to administer life into this year-old creator of good spirit and clear think-, ing. , The fault was not theirs. This is a world of the survival of the fittest. The energy of those in charge went to activities more fit to enrich our college life. Weber College Handbook is dead. Long live the handbook; But it can be resurrected. It all depends on those, of next year. State Noted Meet on Founders' Day (Continued from Page 1) F. A. Childs, superintendent of state industrial school: William H. Reeder, state board; David Gourley, assistant supt. of public instruction; J. Easton Par-ratt, state office; Howard Gun-dersen,' state office; Robert Steele, Westminster; I. O. Hors-fall, U. extension head; LeRoy Cowles, U. lower division dean; John Wahlquist, U. elementary education head; A. M. Merrill, Ogden high principal; Ralph Sanborn, Weber high principal; W. Karl Hopkins, Ogden superintendent of schools; J. H. Riley, member of Ogden City board; M. S. Stone, Ogden City board; Keith Walquist, Weber county supt.; Edwin J. Parker, member of Weber county board;Frederick- Barker, member of Weber board; Parley E. Peterson, A. C. ; John Q. Blaylock, Weber high. . Other State Personalities Other noteworthy individuals present were J. Howard Jenkins, supt. of Dee hospital; Dexter Farr, state senator; Ronald Wadsworth, state building commission; Leslie Hodgson, M. A. McClanahan, architects; Mr. Day, Irvin Walton, W. P. A. inspectors; George Simmons, John Arrington, Charles Halverson, Weber county commission; Edward T. Saunders, Ogden city commission; Wesley Anderson, Ogden C. of C. ; Frank Douglas, Kiwanis; E. C. Randall, Lions; S. W. Wherry, Rotary; Carl Lindquist, American Legion; LeRoy B. Young, Ogden Chamber of Commerce; M. A. Romney, Chamber of Commerce; Kent Bramwell, Junior Chamber of Commerce; Russell Croft, forestry and alumni; Der-rah Van Dyke, attorney and alumni. Committees Chairmen of committees for the day were: Leland Monson, general committee; Orlo Childs, decorations; Lucy Denning, vocational education building; Nancy Barker, Moench building; Leland Monson, program; Cla-risse Hall, invitations; John Benson, publicity. Teachers and students worked with these persons to make the day worthwhile. General committee members besides Mr. Monson were Clarisse Hall, Marian Read, Charles Osmond, E. Z. Nielsen. The morning assembly program was furnished by Clair Johnson and the band and Clair Anderson at the organ. Reverend H. Fowle offered the invocation.Evening entertainment was chiefly a one-act play acted by college students dire.cted by Gilbert Tolhurst. The orchestra played several numbers, directed by Clair Johnson. Club Displays Weber clubs sponsored displays in the Moench building were won by Frenisti and Excelsior jointly. Iota Tau Kappa club displayed Weber's publications. At one time, the display revealed, Weber had a school paper as large as any senior college sheet. She wore sophistication like a dress made to her measure. Marcella Darling Ike OutJitfe Wwl4 In Retrospect Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts are a few of the strategic states that were carried safely into the G. O. P. column in the recent mid-term election, and they give us a vivid picture of the changing political sentiment of the country as a whole. After six years of rapid and momentous reform, the American people have evidently manifested their intentions to return to "normalcy". The attempted passage of such measures as the supreme court and reorganization bills left us with the impression that our government is swinging a little too far to the left. This point is further accentuated by the recent personal efforts of President Roosevelt to purge his party of "undesirables". At heart the majority of the American people are of a conservative temper-ment. They feel more secure with middle-of-the-road policies and any attempt to deviate from that road for an extensive period of time will invariably bring re action, lhey want progress and amelioration of present conditions, but they do not want it to come too fast. The people want time to deliberate upon their legislation, therefore a certain degree of moderation must be employed by every administration. The recent election confirms every one of these points. A number of Democratic politicians have expressed the opinion that it was only natural that their party should suffer some reverses in this mid-term election. They contend that our most popular administrations have had this same condition confront them. Opinions from the Republicans vigorously deride such an appraisal of the election. They contend that the Democratic reverses are the remonstrances that the American people voice against the policies of the administration. They state that Mr. Roosevelt erroneously inferred that the huge vote he received in 1936 was a mandate from the American people to swing to the left and carry out a program of radical legislation. The election, they say, is a reprimand and should be heeded by the Democratic party. From a personal point of view the election must not be considered as a defeat to the Democratic party in spite of the fact that it lost eight senate seats, eighty-one house seats, and nine governorships, because that party still retains substantial majorities in both houses of congress. It must be admitted, however, that this election reverse did come as a shock to someDemocratic leaders. Mr. James A. Farley stated that Democratic losses exceeded his expectations. On the other hand, Republican gains first since 1928 can be considered as a definite victory to that party. The G. O. P. now has a major party status and is in a position to offer effective opposition. With the party roots in the governorships of seventeen of our state capitals the Republicans are bound to receive sufficient nourishment to make them very formidable in 1940. In analyzing this election in the abstract we come to this simple conclusion: The American people did not vote to destroy the New Deal; they merely voted to retain an effective two-party system and with it political debate, which is the only system we have of maintaining a Democratic government.In conclusion, I might add that the Democratic party for the past six years has obviously been employing that old political maxim: "Be bold as hell on a rising tide". In other words, the Democrats have been very bold Ogden Troy Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. We Wash Everything With IVORY SOAP PHONE 2075 Thirteen Sophs, Nine Frosh Obtain All AV Students obtaining all "A's" in autumn quarter, are far above any preceding quota. The students are: Glen Behling, Emma Branz, Phyllis Cardon, William Chambers, Dale Browning, Paul Drake, Eleanor Evans, Leah Geddes, Reta Jeffries, Melvin Manful, Eileen Manning, Helen Moore, Aurline Osmond, Joyce Poulter, Shirley Poulton, Pauline Rogers, Pearl Stock, Thelma Summers, Dean Williams, Jennie Bekker, Florence Johns, Jane Shurtliff. These students achieved a rating between 3.00 and 2.52. Barbara Reeves, Glen Wade, Kathleen Benson, Kathryn De-Young, Lulu Jean Heiner, Na-dine Madsen, Rosemarie Nelson, June Tracy, Donald West, Ray Seavers, Howard Orton, Dallas Porter, Royal Coburn, Shirley Critchlow, Everal Harris, Wanda Hawkes, Barbara Adam, Marilyn Andelin, Vernon Beeler, Vern Stromberg Betty Turnbull, Edna Hubbard, Rose Burchell, Gale Keyes, Ruth Tillotson, Edith Ann Richards, William Chase, Geraldine Egan, Lillian Noorda, Ruth Lambert, Edith Berghout, Clyde Austin, Merle Allen, Norma Allen, Florence Cashmore, Charles Ellis, Jack Harwood, Aleen Hunt, Stanley Johnson, Eleanor Scoville, Brian Taylor, Clyde Worman, Ira Young, Raulston Zundel, Eleanor Leth, Netta Lavin, Phyllis Mad-dock, Charles Owen, Eva Roger-son, Aaron Roylance, James Summers, Helen E. Thorne, Mildred Yates, Maxine Yates, Irene Coombs, Betty Hill, Donna Hogge, Gordon Huggins, Mar-jorie Jarvis, Loraine Baird, Harold Benson, Junior Bramwell, Beverley Briem, Florence Main, Ruth Olson Johnson, Richard Peterson, Nina Randall, Dahrl Richards. These students achieved an "A" rating in one trade major; Carl Anderson, George Bal-lingham, Wayne Higham, Earl Martin. These students achieved a rating between 2.72 and 2.55 in trade major. Clifford Wilson, Mark Woodland, Norris Taylor, Robert Clark, Robert Clay, Orland Eg-gleston, Jay Lowden, LeRoy Marriott, LeRoy Mitchell, Lawrence Rackham, Lewis Bam-brough, Golden Bingham, Lloyd Carroll. on the rising tide of reform since 1933. After the recent election, however, that party should adopt the maxim; "When in doubt, do right". In other words, the American people have expressed their disapproval of the left road (radical) policies, so the Democrats had better jump to the right road. After seeing the pictures in our swell issue of Scribulus, we men think we should do something, too. We need pictures of four good lookin' males (yes, there are some) to grace its pages in the next issue. It's simply done. All you have to do is get the Acorn pictures. No fancy posing and stuff just Meet Your Friends at the ... .. .. Berthana Ballroom Wednesdays and Saturdays Enjoy The Distinctive Rhythm of CHARLES KNIGHT'S ORCHESTRA Ice Cream For ARDEN 340 21st Street 1cur Cctner by Edgar Driver The boys are still blossoming out in their Christmas ties, noisy shirts, and socks that glow out from the shoes. First, you think of an animated circus poster then you see it's your ol' pal who keeps wondering why he can't wear out his ornamental wardrobe in a week or two. Then the girls wear theirwhat-you-may-call-thems which have probably been given as gifts for the past four or five years. These girls couldn't think of anyone they hated well enough to give them to next year so they wear the rags themselves. Some pleasing combinations include a pink skirt, orange blouse,t-anaryyel-low sweater, blue shoes, arid a green belt just to set "It' off a little. We thought the girls were wearing the styles' this week, too; but it was just the initiation costumes. Boy, were we fooled! We thought we noticed a little improvement over last week, though. Mrs. Tanner must dish out the choice food for all the girls who eat there. But as yet the male element is strangely scarce. It couldn't be because of the grub, for the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach and the "vittals';'- are tempting. It must.be that ajjrrian can't stand vitu'als and women' at mealtime. Now take just one woman and you've got something there (generally). I guess the girls feel secure in numbers. Why they want to feel secure is the question. Well, the teachers are at it again. Tests have begun to line the foreheads of ye students. But then, we should take heart for it is only four and one-half months to vacation time. The sprightly wenches of Iota Tau Kappa don't need to worry about such a meager thing as a test. If the rest of us would study a little as they do, we could get our pictures in the paper, too. Then again, some of us would have to die or be killed before we could even get our names on the page with classified ads. We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. Georg Hegel Drive to Paris by way of Alaska and a bridge across the Bearing sea. The road will be completed by 1942. If you live in Lima, Peru, you may wish to drive to Capetown, Africa. It will be possible. i a good, plain picture. R. E. Smith We shouldn't wonder not good for the soul, they say. But why is the study hall's patronage so swiftly diminishing? Maybe it's because no one gets to stay in there long enough to get his feet under the table. He asks his neighbor for an eraser when pow! He studies in the hall the rest of the period. More liberty is the moral. Students. Your Parties DAIRY Phone 36